CENTER LANE MISSION STATEMENT

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• Publication Date: May 3, 1984
• Content Type: STATEMENT

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DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
UNITED STATES ARMY INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY COMMAND
ARLINGTON HALL STATION
ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA 22212
REPLY TO
ATTENTION OF
SUBJECT: CENTER LANE Mission Statement (U)
THRU: Chief of Staff
U. S. Army Intelligence and Security Command
Arlington Hall Station
Arlington, VA 22212
Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations
U. S. Army Intelligence and Security Command
Arlington Hall Station
Arlington, VA 22212
MAY 0 3 1984
Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations-HUMINT
U. S. Army Intelligence and Security Command
Ft Meade, MD 20755
TO: CENTER LANE Project Manager
U. S. Army Intelligence and Security Command
Ft Meade, MD 20755
1. (S) Reference:
a. (U) MSG, SSO, DA, 11180OZ Feb 81, subject: GRILL FLAME
(U) (TAB A).
b. (U) Letter, IAOPS-H-S, 1 Jun 81, subject: INSCOM GRILL
FLAME Project Protocol (U) (TAB B).
c. (U) Letter, IACG, 3 Dec 82, subject: GRILL FLAME (U)
(TAB C).
WARNING NOTICE: CENTER LANE SPECIAL ACCESS PROGRAM
RESTRICT DISSEMINATION TO THOSE WITH VERIFIED ACCESS
TO CATEGORY THREE (3)
SENSITIVE INTELLIGENCE SOURCES AND METHODS INVOLVED
NOT RELEASABLE TO FOREIGN NATIONALS
ARMY review(s) completed.
CLASSIFIED BY: CDR, INSCOM
DECLASSIFY ON: OADR
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SUBJECT: CENTER LANE Mission Statement (U)
d. (U) Letter, IAOPS, 1 Mar 83, subject: Letter of
Instruction - Project CENTER LANE (U) (TAB D).
e. (U) DoD Directive 5240.1R, Procedure 13, Dec 82; AR
381-10, para 2-18; and 45 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 46,
"Protection of Human Subjects" (TAB E).
2. (S/CL-2/NOFORN) CENTER LANE is the compartmented Special
Access Program within the U.S. Army Intelligence and Security
Command (INSCOM) that develops and applies psychoenergetics in
intelligence collection and counterintelligence operations.
The INSCOM CENTER LANE Project (ICLP) is a follow-on to earlier
INSCOM participation in the joint services GRILL FLAME program
(TABs C and D).
3. (S/CL-3/NOFORN) The ICLP mission is:
a. (S/CL-3/NOFORN) To conduct intelligence collection and
counterintelligence operations using all applicable psycho-
energetic processes.
b. (S/CL-3/NOFORN) To train selected personnel in
state-of-the-art psychoenergetic intelligence collection and
counterintelligence techniques.
c. (S/CL-3/NOFORN) To expand the operational capabilities
and training beyond the confines of information collection into
the field of psychoenergetic communications and psychokinesis.
The ICLP will conduct specialized intelligence collection
operations in response to INSCOM, departmental, and national
intelligence needs.
4. (S/CL-3/NOFORN) CENTER LANE activities will be conducted
IAW established and approved protocols (TAB B) and applicable DA
and DoD regulations governing experimentation on human subjects
(TAB E). The ICLP will coordinate its activities with DAMI-ISH,
OACSI, HQ, DA which is the HQ, DA focal point for
psychoenergetic activities within DA (TAB A).
5. (S/CL-2/NOFORN) This letter is the authority for the ICLP
to develop and apply psychoenergetics to support the INSCOM
mission. It confirms 'Verbal directives issued in connection
with reference lc (TAB C).
5 Incl ALBERT N. STUBBLEBINE III
as Major General, USA
Commanding
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1. (S/NOFORN) ORIGIN OF ACTION: The INSCOM CENTER LANE Project (ICLP) requires an
approved tasking and mission statement to formalize'earlier verbal directives and
authorize the project to operate within INSCOM.
2. (U) DISCUSSION:
a. (S/CL-3/NOFORN) On 3 December 1983, the CG, INSCOM.notified ACSI that.
INSCOMIs GRILL FLAME operation ceased as of 30 September 1982', and that INSCOM would
conduct a similar program within the Army Counterintelligence and Operational
Security Program. (Yellow TAB C)
b. (S/CL-3/NOFORN) Authorization to conduct ICLP'acti1 es since 3 December
1982 has been based on previous GRILL FLAME authorization'nV is &and verbal
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directives issued by the CG, INSCOM. The ICLP has now reached a point where formal
"institutionalization" is required.
3. (U) WHAT THIS ACTION WILL ACCOMPLISH:
a. (U) Provide written authorization for ICLP.
b. (U) Provide a basis for preparation of LOI.and,SOP.
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